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Bath and North East Somerset – The place to live, work and visit
CORE STRATEGY & PLACEMAKING PLAN
Bath and North East Somerset – The place to live, work and visit
Core Strategy
» Adopted 10th July 2014» Legal challenge period expired – no
legal challenge» Statutory Development Plan comprises:
» Core Strategy» Saved Policies from B&NES Local Plan» Joint Waste Core Strategy
Bath and North East Somerset – The place to live, work and visit
The spatial strategy
Bath and North East Somerset – The place to live, work and visit
Place Based Policies
» Policies SV1, SV2 & SV3: provide around 2,470 homes in MSN, Radstock, Westfield, Paulton & PSJ and 900 jobs
» Policy RA1: villages meeting facilities/public transport access criteria (around 50 homes)
» Policy RA2: other villages (with HDB) outside Green Belt (around 10-15 homes)
» Villages washed over by Green Belt – Policy HG.6 and NPPF
Bath and North East Somerset – The place to live, work and visit
Core Strategy Housing Trajectory as at adoption
Bath and North East Somerset – The place to live, work and visit
Housing applications» More control over housing applications - now have 5 Year Land Supply
» 13,000 housing requirement not a cap - site not needed to meet requirement cannot be sole reason for refusal (e.g. brownfield windfalls)
» SV1 – new greenfield sites not needed to provide 2,470 homes at MSN, Westfield, Radstock, Paulton or PSJ
» RA1 villages: » where 50 homes are committed – greenfield development outside HDB not needed
» Where sites still needed – allocate via Placemaking Plan but no prematurity argument (NPPG)
» RA2 villages: sites outside HDB may need to be identified in Placemaking Plan – no prematurity argument
» Villages washed over by Green Belt – infill only
Bath and North East Somerset – The place to live, work and visit
Affordable Housing (Policy CP9)
» Policy reflects geographic variations in viability» Now seek AH on sites of 5-9 dwellings
Bath and North East Somerset – The place to live, work and visit
Replaced LP Policies (Appendix 1)
Bath and North East Somerset – The place to live, work and visit
Placemaking Plan: Scope & Purpose
» Complement Core Strategy - Part 2 of Local Plan
» Allocating sites for development – land use mix/development & design principles
» Update infrastructure requirements - align provision
» Detailed Development Management policies (review remaining B&NES LP Policies)
Bath and North East Somerset – The place to live, work and visit
Programme
» Options document/consultation – Nov 2014» Draft Plan – September 2015» Submitted for Examination – January 2016» Examination – March 2016» Inspector’s Report – July 2016» Adopted – September 2016
Bath and North East Somerset – The place to live, work and visit
Options Document
» Main site allocation options – test reasonable alternatives
» Development Management policies – proposed approach/options
» Feedback/consult on results of work with town & parish councils (& links with Neighbourhood Plans)
» Public consultation» Stakeholder involvement in preparing Draft Plan
Bath and North East Somerset – The place to live, work and visit
CIL
» Charging Schedule submitted» Seeking to met adoption deadline of
April 2015» Next steps are to consider spend
arrangements
Bath and North East Somerset – The place to live, work and visit
Local Development Scheme
• Placemaking Plan• Travellers’ sites plan• WoE Joint Planning Strategy• CIL• Supplementary Plans• Monitoring